Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 618

Yan Congnian was just a treasurer of the Fan family and had no rights. The bottom line Fan Congdou gave him certainly could not meet Wang Yan's needs.

Huguang expands its army by 120, and the military salary will increase by more than [-] million taels every year. This is not counted as rice grain. Someone has to fill such a big hole. Wang Yan must pull a piece of meat from Shanxi merchants this time. .

Wang Yan's request, Yan Congnian certainly could not make the decision, so Wang Yan did not intend to talk to him, Wang Yan directly put forward the conditions, and told that if Fan Yongdou agreed, he would send money first, and the Ming army who blocked the Yangtze River would accept it. If he doesn't accept it, then he doesn't have to come, just wash his neck and wait for the Ming army to clean up.

After Wang Yan expressed his attitude, he got up and left. Although his attitude was tough, he believed that Fan Yongdou would finally agree.

If this matter is settled, it will definitely be a pleasant surprise for Wang Yan, at least most of the financial problems of military expansion will be resolved.

As for the belongings of the Fan family fleeing Jiangnan by taking the opportunity, Wang Yan also had his own considerations. What he allowed to be transported were silk, porcelain, woodware, calligraphy and painting, etc. These items were transported to the north, which ordinary people could not afford, and most of them flowed into Manchuria. hands of the nobility.

In this way, the financial resources of the Manchurian nobles can be consumed. Secondly, the Manchurian nobles began to play with jade and antiques. Being attracted by these artifacts, what kind of bows and horses should they ride?This is also a means for Wang Yan to weaken the Qing Dynasty.

This is not Wang Yan's idea, but the wisdom of the Song people. After the Chanyuan alliance, Hebei opened four trade venues to trade with the Liao Kingdom. The Song Dynasty had limited trades in grain, salt and iron, but books, silk and satin , rhino horn, ivory, but what is expensive, you can sell it to the Liao Kingdom, and there is no limit on the amount, you can sell as much as you want, but what about the Liao Kingdom?Productivity is low, and livestock such as sheep, horses, and camels can only be exchanged.

In this way, the Song Dynasty is full of deep-processed products, while the Liao Kingdom is full of primary production materials. A book can be exchanged for a few sheep, and a pair of ivory chopsticks can be exchanged for a few cows. He won more than 30 guan in Liao, but only four games in Hebei earned more than 200 million guan.

In addition, Liao people sell necessities such as sheep and cattle, while Song people sell luxury goods such as books and porcelain. In the long run, the life of ordinary Liao people will inevitably be poor, while Song people will become richer.

The Song people also took advantage of the Liao people's longing for Chinese civilization to cultivate the extravagant style of the Liao nobles, making them forget about riding and shooting, reading Chinese books, writing Chinese characters, wearing fancy clothes, and composing poems and songs, Sinicizing the Khitan people. The Song people were not as good as the Liao people in fighting, but they were not the ancestors of the Liao people in comparison to reading.

Wang Yan didn't say that there is a similarity in the same way this time, but there is probably a hint of meaning in it. The most important thing is that he doesn't even have to pay for books, porcelain and other items, as long as he sets up a card to collect money. Fourth, it is also true that the black hands are black.

After Yan Congnian was sent away, the imperial court's award to Jin Shenghuan was finally published in the residence newspaper. Three Earls.

Jin Shenghuan was the Duke of Yu, Wanji was the Duke of An, Wang Deren was the Marquis of Jianwu, Sun Shoufa was the Marquis of Jianxin, Li Yuanyin, Hu Yiqing, Zhao Yinxuan and other 13 people were earls.

This matter did not meet Wang Yan's expectations, but Wang Yan's reward has not come down for a long time.

Wang Yan has asked Yuan Pengnian, the dog he accepted, to write a letter, please make him King of Hengyang County, but Wang Yan is relatively weak in the cabinet after all. It was suppressed by the emperor.

Seeing that the end of the year is approaching, Jiangxi has already received a generous reward, but there is no movement from Wang Yan's side, and there is even no news from He Tengjiao's side, and the generals are beginning to be dissatisfied.

Seeing this, Wang Yan saw that everything in Huguang was getting on the right track, and the only thing he lacked was money, so Wang Yan decided to return to Guangdong to report on his duties. grain.

At the end of October, when the local officials of the Ming Dynasty rushed to the Guangjing court to report their duties, to report to the court the gains and losses of the region, as well as the war, the Manchus in Beijing were doing the same thing.

At the end of October, there were only a few snowflakes in Huguang, but the whole Bauhinia City was already completely white with the cold wind howling.

After a few bells, the ministers of Manchu and Qing came out from the Hall of Supreme Harmony in a single file, like a group of black ants, crawling on the white surface. Everyone gasped and stomped the snow, and the Han officials in the south huddled together. In a group, all the nobles of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were full of energy.

Daishan, the Prince of Li, originally guarded the outside of the pass, but this year he also entered the pass early. He left the hall and was walking back, but a person behind him quickly caught up and called out anxiously: "Angbang Ama!"

Hearing this, Daishan stopped, turned his head in a huff, and saw an official walking towards him, but it was Prince Su Hauge who came back from Sichuan.

"Prince Su, why did you call me the king?"

Haoge caught up with him in a few steps, looked around, everyone was rushing to the palace gate, so he smiled and said to Dai Shan: "Angbang Ama, this time I defeated Zhang Xianzhong in Sichuan, occupied Chengdu, and gained a lot Good thing, one of the jade belts is really beautiful, I don’t know Angbang Ama, would you like to come to my house to have a look.”

Dai Shan also looked around, and then said: "I am fighting everywhere in the Qing Dynasty this year, only Prince Su has won a lot, and Zhang Xianzhong is also a figure who has been in Han for many years. It is said that he even dug up Fengyang Ming Taizu There must be a lot of good things in the ancestral grave, I will go and have a look."

"Angbang Ama please, if Ambang Ama likes it, I am willing to dedicate it to Ambang Ama." Hauge turned sideways and stretched out his hand to invite.

At that moment, the two left the palace gate one after the other, got on the sedan chair, and headed for Hauge's mansion.

Hauge is the eldest son of Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty. His palace was built magnificently. From south to north, there are mansion gate, front yard, inner yard, Yin'an hall, east and west wings, shrine, and back building. There is a garden on the side, and a family temple on the north, covering a very large area.

The sedan chair landed in front of the mansion, Hauge got out of the sedan chair first, and the coat in front of the door saw the master come back, and the specification of the sedan chair behind was also of the prince's level, knowing that a distinguished guest had come, he quickly opened the door.

The usual guests would go through the Yimen on both sides of the gate. The gate is usually closed, but it is different when the prince comes.

Haoge waited for Daishan to get off the sedan chair, and then personally led him into the gate, walked through a large corridor, and then walked through a hall with an east-west hall, before arriving at the inner courtyard.

On the front is a large hall. When you look up, you will see a red gold plaque with nine dragons and green ground. On the plaque is written the word "Dou Da" "Yin'an Hall". Daishan also has a palace in Beijing, but it is much worse than Hauge. .

Hauge invited Daishan to enter the palace, divided the guests and hosts, and ordered the servants to prepare tea and fruit, but Daishan did not move. He is willing to come today, of course he is not really looking at the jade belt.

Although Daishan was mainly in charge of guarding the old lair of the Manchus after he entered the customs, he did not miss the flag soldiers of the two red flags, and he, the flag owner, would naturally not lose a share of the things he snatched. He knew Hauge would have something to say to him.

　Thank you for flying left and right for five hundred book coins, thank you for the sweet boiled water, great fortune, flying left and right, and the scary monthly ticket

　　
　
(End of this chapter)